Zebrafish models in translational research: Tipping the scales toward advancements in human health

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 739-743

  Phillips, Jennifer B ^a   Westerfield, Monte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Individualized medicine; Muscular dystrophy; Tuberculosis; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LEFLUNOMIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; EXOME; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MODEL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC ZEBRAFISH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; HEALTH; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84903993789     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.015545     Document Type: Article

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